We must not approach the observance and enforcement of this law in a vengeful spirit. Its purpose is not to punish. Its purpose is not to divide, but to end divisions. Divisions which have lasted all too long. Its purpose is national, not regional. [applause] this Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us. To go to work and our communities and our states, in our homes and in our hearts, to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country. So tonight, i urge every public official, every religious leader , every business and professional man, every workingman, every housewife, i urge every american to join in this effort to bring justice and hope to all our people. And to bring peace to our land. [applause] one year has passed. Where has it gone . What has and what has not been done during that year which held such great promise . I am joe rall. One year has passed since we had the president civil rights bill enacted into law. A year ago we had a program with some of th
When she died in 1947, she lived an additional 51 years after leaving the white house, longer than any other first lady. Frances cleveland in cspans series. Sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3. 70 years ago on july 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was tested near los alamos, new mexico. Heres a portion of the library of congress and Los Alamos National laboratory coproduction, the moment in time, the Manhattan Project which documents the moment of the explosion. The scene inside the shelter was dramatic beyond words. It can safely be said that almost everyone was praying. Oppenheimer scarcely breathed. At 45 seconds the automatic timer was started. The test was out of mans control. A physicist who was usually the coolheaded one changed his mind. He said, i am excited. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. In the dead silence of the morning at 5 29 45, the coronado de muerto was based in a flash that most men had only seen from the stars. The atom bomb did not fit into any preconcept
That were appointed position s, that were, you know, at the discretion of people in power, ended up being a power struggle within the party between an ohiobased party, which is James Garfields party also Rutherford Hayes was from the same not only the same part of ohio, but the same kind of thinking and what were called the stalwarts, which were new yorkbased. And, you know, you see certain states really emerge throughout history with holding on to power within a particular party. And then in new york, that was really headed by a man by the name of roscoe conkling, who became a United States senator. So this is the struggle, and you see then, of course, the person who ends up shooting president garfield, deranged, of course, Charles Guiteau, but proudly screaming with the gun in his hand, im a stalwart. Now arthur is president. And that was a reference to the fact that Vice President arthur elected with garfield was of the new york wing of the party. Swain well, garfield himself was a
Early 20s. He was destined for great things. Then he came back to kentucky in the mid40s. He was indicted for stuffing the ballot box and went to prison. That incredible progress flamed out. We also visit ashland, the former secretary of state henry clay. Clays original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. It fell into disrepair and could not be saved. He built on the original foundation. What we have is a home that is essentially a 5part federal style home, italian in the details, architectural elements, etc. And an added layer of details added by henry clays daughter and granddaughter and so on. See all of our programs from lexington throughout the day. Sunday afternoon at 2 00 on cspan3. You are watching American History tv. All weekend every weekend on cspan3. To mark the 60th anniversary of the capitol hill newspaper cspan is featuring the papers reporters, who talk about how roll call covered the major news events of the past 60 years. When roll call went to press for the june 6
Highlights. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome back. Thank you for paying attention to the emails that i sent out. They were reminders about your papers. We are fortunate to have this collection. Just because it is a paper on the south come it doesnt count for your paper. And if you attend [indiscernible] over spring break . Yippee. Please protected to that. And the concert is on the 23rd. That could count as your activity. Consider that one. Remember to ask me about the ones that you have in mind. A lot of work over school break and answer questions. We will talk about that today and talk about emmett till. I want us to back up to where we were before spring break. Were talking with the world that migrants created. By the 1930s there is a slowdown of migration rate. The great migration happened around world war ii excuse me, world war i. Their ways we could learn about the world and why they migrated. We talked about oppression and terrorism. And finding jobs and steady work. We